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6 A&S Physicists Awarded Breakthrough Prize
Our universe is dominated by matter and contains hardly any antimatter, a notion which still perplexes top scientists researching at聽CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The Big Bang created聽equal amounts of matter and antimatter, but now nearly everything鈥攕olid, liquid, gas or plasma鈥攊s…
ECS Professor Pankaj K. Jha Receives NSF Grant to Develop Quantum Technology
Detecting single photons鈥攖he smallest unit of light鈥攊s crucial for advanced quantum technologies such as optical quantum computing, communication and ultra-sensitive imaging. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the most efficient means of detecting single photons and these detectors can count…
Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History
Several key moments in Earth鈥檚 history help us humans answer the question, 鈥淗ow did we get here?鈥 These moments also shed light on the question, 鈥淲here are we going?,鈥 offering scientists deeper insight into how organisms adapt to physical and…
Studying and Reversing the Damaging Effects of Pollution and Acid Rain With Charles Driscoll (Podcast)
Before Charles Driscoll came to 黑料不打烊 as a civil and environmental engineering professor, he had always been interested in ways to protect our environment and natural resources. Growing up an avid camper and outdoors enthusiast, Driscoll set about studying…
Arts and Sciences Hosts Inaugural Scholarship and Research Gala
The College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) kicked off a new tradition for recognizing A&S faculty excellence and achievements from over the past year with its inaugural Scholarship and Research Gala. The May 1 event was held in the Schine…
Chloe Britton Naime Committed to Advocating for Improved Outcomes for Neurodivergent Individuals
Chloe Britton Naime 鈥25 is about to complete a challenging and rare dual major program in both mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and neuroscience from the College of Arts and Sciences. Even more impressive? Britton…
Graduating Research Quartet Synthesizes Long-Lasting Friendships Through Chemistry
When Jesse Buck 鈥25, Isabella Chavez Miranda 鈥25, Lucy Olcott 鈥25 and Morgan Opp 鈥25 started as student researchers in medicinal chemist Robert Doyle鈥檚 lab, they hoped to hone their research skills. It quickly became evident this would be unlike…
Distinguished ECS Professor Pramod K. Varshney Establishes Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Distinguished Professor Pramod K. Varshney has exemplified Orange excellence since joining the University as a 23-year-old faculty member. A world-renowned researcher and educator, he鈥檚 been recognized for his seminal contributions to information fusion and related fields, introducing new, innovative courses…
Ryan Monarch Receives Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research
Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics, has been awarded this year鈥檚 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research, the Maxwell School鈥檚 highest honor for untenured faculty. The award will be presented at the Maxwell School鈥檚 Graduate Convocation on Friday,…
Haowei Wang Named 2025-26 Fellow by Association of Population Centers
Haowei Wang, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a 2025-26 Association of Population Centers (APC) Fellow. Every year, the APC selects 12 population research centers to nominate an early-career center…